Dumplings on custard dough on boiling water with potatoes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make dumplings on custard dough in boiling water with potatoes? Start cooking with the filling. It will take time for her to cool down. Prepare the products. Wash the potatoes well under running water with a brush.

2. Step 2:

   

   How to make a filling of potatoes with onions for dumplings? Peel the potatoes and cut into halves or quarters, depending on the size of the tubers. Take a saucepan, put it there. Fill with clean cold water. Put the potatoes to cook. Add salt. How long to cook potatoes? On medium heat, it will take about 30 minutes. Check readiness with a knife — it should stick freely into the pieces. Drain the water from the pan, leave about 200 ml for puree.

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   Simultaneously with boiling potatoes, take care of onions. Peel it, and then cut it into small cubes — the onion goes into the filling, the smaller it is cut, the tastier it will be.

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   Heat a frying pan over low heat, pour vegetable oil on it. Put the butter and melt it. Why are two types of oil used? If you fry only on butter, then it can start to burn. Vegetable oil has a higher gorenje temperature and will prevent this. Lay out the onion. Add sugar. Why do we need sugar? With it, the onion will caramelize faster — it will be covered with an appetizing crust. Fry the onion until golden brown, about 5-7 minutes.

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   Mash potatoes in mashed potatoes, adding the left broth. Add the toasted onion along with the oil on which it was fried. Mix it up. Leave the filling to cool.

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   How to make custard dough for dumplings? While the filling is cooling, prepare the dough. Prepare the products for him. Flour is given an approximate amount, it may take less or more. It depends on many factors — flour quality, egg size, humidity. You will look at the state of the dough, adding flour in portions. Be sure to sift it. Take the oil odorless. Wash the egg well with soda and wipe dry.

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   Take a large bowl, break an egg into it. Add vegetable oil and salt. Lightly whisk them with a fork.

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   Add 150 grams of flour, stir. You will get a mass that looks like a crumb. Pour boiling water into it, while actively stirring the dough with a fork. It will turn out a viscous dough. Why add boiling water? Under the influence of hot water, gluten will develop very quickly in the dough — it is thanks to it that it will be smooth and elastic. Without boiling water, this will not happen so soon.

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    Start adding flour in portions. Stir first with a fork.

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    And then with your hands to feel the consistency of the dough better. According to his condition, you will understand when the flour will be enough. The dough will become soft, but not sticky. It took me less flour, about 350 grams.

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    Finally knead the dough on the board. Form a ball, cover it with a towel and leave for 10 minutes. Then knead the dough again and leave it to rest again under a towel or cling film.

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    The finished dough turns out to be very pliable, it does not stick to the work surface at all. Roll it out to a thickness of several millimeters.

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    Using a suitable notch, cut the dough into circles.

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    Put a teaspoon of cooled filling on the workpiece.

16. Step 15:

    

    Make a dumpling in any way — I make a curly pigtail.

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    How to cook dumplings? Boil water in a large saucepan. There should be a lot of water so that the dumplings float freely and do not stick together. Salt it. Throw in the dumplings, immediately mix them so that they do not stick to the bottom. Cook the dumplings for about 5 minutes after boiling — they will float up and float on the surface. Serve dumplings with butter, sour cream or toasted onions.